Hello! i am finally here to update my blog!
has been quite busy during the cny, as i had say before, its always the busiest time of the year when it comes to chinese new year for my house!
it is also the time where everyone would see their facebook newsfeed flooding with reunion dinner, dishes, where family get together for a reunion dinner!
this year was also the first time i was having reunion dinner with bf's family!
for my side, we don't really had our reunion dinner on cny eve as we tend to be very busy with all the offerings, and then arranging out all the goodies and drinks, so i was VERY VERY tired on the eve of the chinese new year as olm and i went out to help mum to buy some errands, very difficult to even find a carpark lot on the eve when everyone is joining in the crowd to make some last min shopping!
all corners of my house would be arrange neatly with these goodies
one table full of foods and drinks
in my house, the culture is to stock up everything full during the cny, even if there are only 4 members plus 1 duffy in my family, canned foods, cupboard, fridge etc all have to be full!
taking photos of reunion dinner dishes, and goodies is too mainstream!
i bet no one takes photos like me! HAHAHA
full of foods in the fridge,
fyi, my house has 2 normal fridges and 1 freezer so about 3 fridges, when i took, it was not even taken full yet because the drink has not been stocked up full yet too!
usually i would invite my friends over to my house for bbq steamboat dinner as my mum marinate those meats so good that most of my friends was saying its so nice!
but not good for me as i had been eating it, and its not very healthy, but fat loaded of calories!
had been regularly hitting the gym during the cny period. HAHA
as many as 4 times a week!
can you spot duffy trying to get the snacks? HAHA she got camouflage among the new sea cover!
i didn't place her over there, she was just sitting there by her own will.
giving me that look, what are you doing man! diao face. HAHA
its so scary she has grown so big, she was very small when we first take her home!
when i came back from bf's house after the reunion dinner, duffy was already all bathed nicely and wearing the new clothes that i bought for her!
its a chanel inspired design! cuteness overload!
'yes we need to talk..'
director of dog.co holding a meeting. HAHA
too cute to resist, she was actually so excited because i was holding a sweet, and this silly girl LOVE sweets! just like a kid!
the way she sit is not the usual dog sitting positon, look like a human being sitting position if you guys do see how she sit in real life!
posing! HAHA
mama will give her a sweet to play and she is happy when she got her sweet, otherwise would bark nonstop if she know that we does not want to give her the sweets! too spoiled!
for my house, we would have to pray again at 12midnight, which is the new year day 1, after the praying, there is a saying of 守岁 where if kids does not sleep or stayout throughout the night, their parents will get to live super long, and has been doing it every year, staying until the morning every year! but this year i am just too tired!
i set an alarm clock and wanted to wake up after a small power nap, but i ended up sleeping until the next morning!
day 1 of cny is my most favourite dish that i love to eat,
frankly i does not know the correct name of the dish, but i name it as nian gao, usually people know nian gao by the brown colour cake that you have to go and fried, i hate that though, the nian gao that i am refering that is usually cooked by mum every year cny day 1 is the photo that you see below!
its quite an easy dish but mum only cook it every cny day 1! could have this everyday!
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this year, we had additional dishes,
look at duffy already standby sitting at the table waiting to tuck in! HAHAHAHA
watching tv while we was busy taking photo before the meals starts! HAHA
its actually abalone, with fish maw, and other kind of ingredients! super convenient to cook! just need to open through the big can where it already have all the sauces, abalone, we called it 'peng cai'
and just throw into the pot and heat it up, and its ready to consume!
cute duffy lazing on the chair！
duffy was equally tired when she barely had any sleep because we was moving around in the hse!
pretty much lazing at home on day 1 as relatives came over and visit us, and usually only day 2, i will go out to visit my relatives!
this year was different as i went to join bf's side where he introduce me to his relatives that i am his gf！
HAHAHA, we spend half a day at his side and in the noon at my side!
its easier to go visiting when we travel by car!
had alot of cny clothes and decided to wear a super red but bare back dress!
me taking selfie while le bf is driving!
took one cpl-fie！
he came over to pick me up, and we was meeting straight with his parents at his mum side!
it was the first time that i am meeting so much of his relatives and they have so many funny term that i am not very familiar with because for my own side, we only kept contact with my mum's side and my dad side is totally none so i was just nodding when he introduce me to his relatives!
lucky i had lose enough weight otherwise later everyone is gonna say jeremy's gf is so fat! HAHAHA
ask bf to take an OOTD, and just then he told me his parents and his uncle had reached and i was like, THEN HOW?! thn he say, take photo la! HAHA so was taking photo beside his car while waiting for his parents to alight！
this year received alot more angbaos because he has more relatives thn me!
and most usually give $10 or $20!
$10 is like the norm!
after going to his dad side, we went to find my uncle along with my other cousins, visiting each other house can be quite tiring and nomming nonstop!
cny is also the period where you can gamble just for fun!
this year played so many different games beside blackjack, big or small, and in between!
shall end for now! :)
